Carbon Tetrachloride → Benzene, (chloroethynyl)-

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Phenylacetylene (1.02 g, 10 mmol), 1.92 g of cesium carbonate (10 mmol), and 0.15 g tetra-n-butylammonium chloride hydrate and 5 mL carbon tetrachloride were mixed at 70° C. for 5 h. Gas chromatographic analysis of the mixture showed that it contained 1.32 g of 1-chloro-2-phenylacetylene (96% yield).

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